Facial skeleton asymmetry and its relationship to mastication in the Early Medieval period (Great Moravian Empire, Mikulčice, 9th-10th century)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985912:_____/17:00479185 RIV/68081758:_____/17:00479185 RIV/00216208:11310/17:10367095 RIV/00216208:11320/17:10367095

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2017.09.015" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2017.09.015</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.archoralbio.2017.09.015" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.archoralbio.2017.09.015</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Facial skeleton asymmetry and its relationship to mastication in the Early Medieval period (Great Moravian Empire, Mikulčice, 9th-10th century)

Original language description

Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship of mastication and directional asymmetry (DA) of upper facial skeleton in Early Medieval sample from the Mikulčice settlement (Czech Republic). Design: The settlement is divided into two burial areas of presumably different socioeconomic status: the castle and the sub-castle. The material consisted of 193 individuals (125 castle, 68 sub-castle). The relationship of facial skeleton DA and mastication was analysed by examining tooth wear and mandibular shape by means of 3D geometric morphometrics. Tooth wear of premolars and molars was evaluated using appropriate scoring systems. 3D coordinates of 35 mandibular landmarks were scanned using MicroScribe G2X digitizing system. Results: The results did not reveal any significant differences in tooth wear DA or mandible DA values between burial areas or sexes. Mandibular shape, however, differed significantly between burial areas and sexes. Directional changes of mandibular landmarks supported a right chewing side preference in the sample. Significant relationship between upper facial skeleton DA and mandible DA was recorded. Conclusions: Differences in subsistence between burial areas and sexes did not translate into differences in mandible DA and dental wear. However, mandibular shape analysis revealed prominence of areas affected by masticatory muscles in individuals from the castle. Higher consumption of tough material, such as meat, has been proposed as possible explanation. The right side was found to be preferential for chewing. The relationship between upper facial skeleton DA and mandible DA was concluded to be the result of the compensatory and adaptive function of mandible.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10605 - Developmental biology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-01878S" target="_blank" >GA17-01878S: Lifestyle and identity of the Great Moravian nobility: archaeological and bioarchaeological analysis of the evidence of Mikulčice’s uppermost elites</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archives of Oral Biology

ISSN

0003-9969

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

84

Issue of the periodical within the volume

December

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

64-73

UT code for WoS article

000416190300010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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